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News: May 28, 2012
Experimental Gel May Help Those With Advanced Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- A gel form of two common Parkinson's drugs delivered via a feeding tube-like device may help people with advanced disease reduce medication side effects and possibly avoid brain surgery. That's the report fr...
Drug Patch Approved for Advanced Parkinson's and Restless Leg Syndrome
TUESDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- The Neupro (rotigotine) transdermal system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat advanced Parkinson's disease and moderate-to-severe restless leg syndrome, the Belgian drug maker U...
Gene Research Offers Clues to Parkinson's Disease
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- In certain people with Parkinson's disease, mutations in the parkin gene disrupt the proper function of dopamine, the brain chemical that controls body movement. The finding could lead to new treatments and scre...
Protein That Controls Movement Does the Opposite in Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers who identified a protein that worsens symptoms of Parkinson's disease say their finding could eventually lead to new treatments for the neurodegenerative disease. The protein, RGS4, normally helps...
Race, Gender, Dementia May Affect Parkinson's Survival
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Men appear more likely to die from Parkinson's disease than women, Hispanics and Asians with the neurologic disorder, a large U.S. study reveals. The researchers also found that those patients who suffered fro...
Exposure to Toxic Solvents Linked to Parkinson's Disease
MONDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to the industrial solvent trichloroethylene (TCE) appears to greatly increase the risk of Parkinson's disease, and exposure to two other solvents also boosts the chances of developing the neurodegenerat...
Classic Restless Legs Syndrome Not Linked to Parkinson's
THURSDAY, Nov. 10 (HealthDay News) -- People with early Parkinson's disease are not more likely to have restless legs syndrome, but many people with Parkinson's do report leg motor restlessness, according to the results of a new Norwegian study. P...
Bicycle May Speed Up Parkinson's Diagnosis
FRIDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDay News) -- A patient's ability to ride a bicycle can help doctors determine whether the patient has Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonism, regardless of the terrain or riding situation, a new study indicates. Atypica...
More Evidence Links Genes to Parkinson's
TUESDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A genetic variation that reduces the risk of Parkinson's disease by nearly 20 percent in many populations has been found by an international team of scientists. They also identified other variants of the same g...
'Virtual Reality' May Help in Parkinson's Therapy
WEDNESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- People with Parkinson's disease are unable to make quick movements, but virtual reality- and physical reality-based therapies may provide the stimulus needed to help them move faster, new research suggests. I...
Drifting Pesticides May Endanger People in Nearby Workplaces
FRIDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- People who work near fields sprayed with pesticides face an increased risk for Parkinson's disease, a new study has found. Not just agricultural workers but teachers, firefighters, clerks and others whose workpla...
Parkinson's Drugs Linked to Behavior Problems in Study
TUESDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- Parkinson's disease drugs called dopamine agonists appear to cause impulse control problems in almost one-quarter of patients, says a new study. Previous research has linked dopamine agonists, which include Mi...
Gene Therapy May Help Reverse Parkinson's Symptoms
THURSDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Cutting-edge gene therapy on Parkinson's disease patients significantly improved the tremors, rigidity and other motor skill problems that are hallmarks of the illness, a small new study reports. The phase 2 ...
Can Prescription Amphetamine Use Raise Parkinson's Risk?
SUNDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Taking prescription amphetamines may raise your risk of developing Parkinson's disease later, new research suggests. But, the researchers noted that the study did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship and fu...
Berries May Offer Sweet Protection Against Parkinson's Disease
SUNDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) -- People who eat foods rich in antioxidants called flavonoids, especially berries, may be protecting themselves from developing Parkinson's disease, a new study suggests. In addition to berries, flavonoids are fou...
Scientists ID Genetic Clues to Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Five new genetic variants believed to play a role in Parkinson's disease have been identified by researchers. It was long believed that Parkinson's disease was caused by environmental factors. But since 2007, ...
Adult ADHD Often Precedes Certain Type of Dementia: Study
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have a more than threefold increased risk of developing a common form of degenerative dementia called dementia with lewy bodies (DLB), a new study s...
Bike-Riding Ability May Distinguish 'Atypical' Parkinson's
THURSDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The ability to ride a bicycle can determine whether a patient has atypical or "regular" Parkinson's disease, according to researchers in the Netherlands. Dr. Bastiaan R. Bloem and colleagues used brain imaging ...
Scans May Aid Early Detection of Dementia, Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Brain imaging may help identify sleep disorder patients at greatest risk for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and Parkinson's disease, an international team of researchers has found. Their study o...
Parkinson's Transplant Mystery Solved, Researchers Say
WEDNESDAY, June 30 -- Researchers believe they know why Parkinson's disease patients who received fetal cell transplants in the 1990s developed uncontrolled, involuntary movements, and they think they can prevent the troublesome side effect. The f...
Adding Surgery to Meds May Improve Life With Parkinson's
THURSDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) -- Parkinson's disease patients do better if they undergo deep brain stimulation surgery in addition to treatment with medication, new research suggests. One year after having the procedure, patients who underwe...
Extended-Release Mirapex Approved for Parkinson's Disease
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Mirapex ER (pramipexole dihydrochloride extended-release) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a once-daily option to treat early Parkinson's disease, drug maker Boehringer Ingelheim ...
Voice Problems May Affect Social Life in Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) -- People with Parkinson's disease may experience social difficulties due to the way they talk, a Canadian study reports. The new research indicates that Parkinson's patients have reduced opportunities for socia...
Cleaning Agent Tied to Parkinson's in Study
MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The industrial cleaner trichloroethylene (TCE) has been linked to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, U.S. researchers say. "TCE was once a popular industrial solvent used in dry cleaning and to clean greas...
Parkinson's More Common in Northeast, Midwest
FRIDAY, Jan. 29 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind finds that Parkinson's disease in the United States is more common in the Midwest and Northeast, and that whites and Hispanics are twice as likely to develop the disease as blacks a...
Genes, Diet Offer New Clues to Parkinson's Disease
MONDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) Researchers say they've spotted a new genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease, as well as a link between the illness and two other factors, metabolism and vitamin B6. "Our study reveals the interaction of genet...
PET Scan Improves Diagnosis of Parkinsonism: Study
MONDAY, Jan. 11 (HealthDay News) -- New research shows that PET brain scans can diagnose which type of Parkinson's-related disease a person has. Between 1998 and 2006, researchers scanned the brains of 167 patients who had signs of Parkinsonism bu...
Research Sheds Light on Causes of Parkinson's
SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Gene mutations linked to inherited Parkinson's disease also appear to be connected to the more common form of the disease that strikes people whose relatives don't have it, researchers now say. The findings come...
Gene Behind Gaucher Disease a Player in Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- An unprecedented worldwide study has clinched the case that the gene behind Gaucher disease, a rare neurological disorder, is also involved in Parkinson's disease. "For those of us who work with rare disorder...
Common Antioxidant Might Slow Parkinson's
TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- A new look at some old data adds convincing evidence that high body fluid levels of the antioxidant urate slow the progressive nerve damage of Parkinson's disease. However, the researchers also warned of the po...
Gene Therapy Shows Promise for Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Macaque monkeys that received gene therapy for symptoms of Parkinson's disease saw a significant improvement in their motor function without the side effects associated with current standard therapy, research...
Gene Mutation May Speed Learning
MONDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- People with a specific genetic mutation seem to be "smarter," in the sense of being able to adapt to changing situations and continue to make correct decisions quickly, a new German study suggests. And people gr...
New Parkinson's Drug Draws Mixed Reviews
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A study to see whether a new drug can stop the progression of Parkinson's disease has produced results that have drawn sharply differing reactions from neurologists. The drug, rasagiline (Azilect), was appro...
Pesticides Linked to Parkinson's
TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People whose jobs bring them in regular contact with pesticides may be at increased risk for Parkinson's disease, a U.S. study finds. Researchers asked 519 Parkinson's patients and 511 people without the disea...
Agent Orange Linked to Parkinson's, Heart Disease
FRIDAY, July 24 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides that were sprayed far and wide by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War might put veterans at increased risk for heart disease and Parkinson's. An Institute of Me...
Educated Parkinson's Patients Move to Meds Sooner
TUESDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- Parkinson's disease patients with higher levels of education or disability typically need treatment for their symptoms earlier than other patients, a new study finds. The study included 413 patients with early,...
Personality May Not Predict Parkinson's
FRIDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- New research sheds light on two of the mysteries of Parkinson's disease: the spike in creativity that some people develop and a personality type that is thought to be shared by many with the disease. One new stu...
Protein Might Mute Effects of Methamphetamine
FRIDAY, May 8 (HealthDay News) -- A protein that appears to lend a hand in the death of brain cells tied to Parkinson's disease might also help fight drug addiction, according to a newly published study. The protein -- organic cation transporter 3...
Parkinson's Drugs Can Trigger Unhealthy Behaviors
FRIDAY, April 10 (HealthDay News) -- A class of Parkinson's disease drugs called dopamine agonists can cause patients to develop destructive behaviors such as compulsive gambling or hypersexuality, says a new study. Mayo Clinic researchers found t...
New Parkinson's Treatment Shows Promise in Animals
THURSDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Rodents with Parkinson's-like symptoms walked and moved normally again after their spinal cords were stimulated with high frequency electrical currents, a new study shows. Researchers said the technique, call...
Parkinson's Treatment Drugs Even Out Over Long Term
WEDNESDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) -- Two drugs -- levodopa and pramipexole -- used to treat early stage Parkinson's disease each have advantages and disadvantages, but their overall impact appears to even out over a long period of treatment. Th...
Hormones May Help Shield Women from Parkinson's
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) -- A women's own reproductive hormones may help protect her from developing Parkinson's disease, a new study finds. Women with a longer fertile lifespan (the time from first menstruation to menopause) have a low...
Family History of Melanoma Doubles Parkinson's Risk
MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- People with a family history of melanoma are twice as likely to develop Parkinson's disease, a new study finds. While the reasons for this association are not clear, other studies have shown that people with Par...
Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Those With Advanced Parkinson's
TUESDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- The largest study of its kind finds that deep brain stimulation improves both physical function and quality of life after six months in patients with Parkinson's disease. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) performed b...
Sleep Disorder Could Signal Neurological Disease
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24 (HealthDay News) -- People with a disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during deep sleep are more likely to develop dementia or Parkinson's disease, a new Canadian study suggests. "It's basically a disorder where you act...
Older Drugs Better at Fighting Depression in Parkinson's Patients
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Antidepressants that treat multiple brain receptors may be better at treating depression in people with Parkinson's disease than medications that block only the serotonin receptor, a new study says. The repor...
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